【given音标】 英[ˈɡɪvn] 美[ˈɡɪvn]
【单词释义】 given是什么意思：
adj.指定的，确定的；假设的，假定的；赠送的
prep.考虑到；鉴于
n.假定事实
v.给；给予；供给；产生(give的过去分词)
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【given形近词/近似词】
oven n.烤箱，烤炉，灶
eleven num.十一
even adv.甚至；即使
seven num.七
enliven vt.使活泼；使生动；使活跃；使有生气
uneven adj.不平坦的，凹凸不平的；不一律的，参差不齐的；不势均力敌的；[数]奇数的
【单词例句】
◇ Great was their joy, but the child was sickly and small, and because of her weakness, she was to be given an emergency baptism.
虽然得到女儿的欢乐巨大，但她太纤弱太瘦小，他们认为她可能活不下来，决定马上给她施行洗礼。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ They had found their home in each other. We children were loved in their home. Given by these two what they had not been given in their own childhood:safety,nurturing,moral guidance.
他们彼此在对方找到了家。在他们的家里，我们得到了爱；在他们的家里，他们给予了我们他们童年从未得到的———安全感，养育关怀和品德教育。
---- To Love Enough
◇ The mobile phone is a good example of how something that is technologically sophisticated can almost be given away,with its cost recovered through service charges. Users are then coerced through clever marketing to upgrade to newer phones with more features to reinforce their dependence.
移动电话就是一个很好的例子，它说明复杂的技术也可以攻克。通过改变服务来重新获得成本。在敏锐的市场，被迫升级为有更多功能的，更新的电话以加强信任度。
◇ The patient was admitted to hospital where he was fed by a tube and given intravenous antibiotics until the swelling and pain had subsided.
这位病人在入院后，用管子进食并被静脉注射抗生素，直到肿胀和疼痛消退。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ Another benefit for China is that it will create a bigger consumer market, Foster said. China has already created one of the largest consumer markets in the world, given its size, and has tremendous purchasing power, he said.
福斯特说，另一个益处是这将创造出更大的消费市场。从规模看，中国已成为全球最大的消费市场之一，购买力巨大。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ They were given regular surveys, which included the question: 'how often do you eat breakfast?'
这些人定期接受调查，他们要回答的问题包括“你多久吃一次早餐？”
---- Skipping breakfast could raise risk of heart disease by 87%
◇ The 37-year-old woman, who is identified only as Jasmine, said she cleaned her ears every night with cotton swabs, according to the Australian magazine That's Life! But over time, she noticed she had trouble hearing out of her left ear, and finally went to the doctor. She was initially told she had an ear infection, and was given antibiotics.
澳大利亚的《这就是生活！》杂志报道称，这位名为茉莉的37岁女性说，她每天晚上用棉签清洁耳朵。久而久之，她注意到左耳听力出现问题，最后去看了医生。一开始，医生说她有耳部感染并给她开了抗生素。
---- Never Cleaning Ears With Cotton Swabs
◇ One factor is the volume of a given drink: The more you drink, the faster the drink empties from your stomach and gets absorbed into the bloodstream, where it can dilute the body's fluids and hydrate you.
一个因素是饮料的摄入量：你喝得越多，饮料从胃里排空并被血流吸收的速度越快，从而稀释体液，给你补水。
---- Which drink is best for hydration? Hint: It isn't water
◇ When a beauty dressed up in lovely clothing reads poems in memory of the poet, everyone holds their breath. Then, it is the custom that the bone of a rooster head is given to her as an award.
当一位用可爱的衣服盛装打扮的美女朗读诗歌以纪念那位诗人时，在场的每个人都屏住了呼吸，然后，按照风俗，将奖励给她一只公鸡的头骨。
◇ And he caused large sums of money to be given to both the weavers in order that they might begin their work directly.
他付了许多现款给这两个骗子，叫他们马上开始工作。